# galán
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈlan/ [ɡaˈlãŋ]

### Adjective

galán m sg (feminine singular galana, neuter singular galano, masculine plural galanos, feminine plural galanes)
* nice, beautiful, pretty, good-looking
    Synonyms: guapu, formosu
    Qué mozu más galánWhat a pretty boy

### References

* "galán" in Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA)
* "galán" in Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana (DALLA)

## Czech
### Etymology

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### Noun

galán m anim
* (dated) a beau

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Irish
### Etymology

From gal (“vapor, steam”) +‎ -án.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ɡəˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈɡalˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈɡal̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɡalˠaːnˠ/, /ˈɡal̪ˠaːn̪ˠ/
* Homophone: gallán (Munster, many Connacht and Ulster varieties)

### Noun

galán m (genitive singular galáin, nominative plural galáin)
* cranefly, daddy longlegs (fly of the suborder Tipulomorpha)
* puff (of wind, smoke, etc.)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
galán
galáin
vocative
a ghaláin
a ghalána
genitive
galáin
galán
dative
galán
galáin
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an galán
na galáin
genitive
an ghaláin
na ngalán
dative
leis an ngalán don ghalán
leis na galáin :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “galán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 349
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “galán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French galant. Doublet of galante.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈlan/ [ɡaˈlãn]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ga‧lán

### Adjective

galán (feminine galana, masculine plural galanes, feminine plural galanas)
* gallant
* (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) nice, enviable, without worries (said of a situation)
** 2012, Maus, Cosecha de Doscientos Soles, published by Palibrio (Mexico), p. 56.
    pero detrás del destello se asomaba un día galán, alegre, brillante...but behind the sparkle, a nice, happy, shiny day was appearing...

#### Derived terms

* galanura

### Noun

galán m (plural galanes)
* an attractive young man, gallant
* beau
* (drama) protagonist, leading man

#### Derived terms

* espuela de galán
* galán de noche

### Adverb

galán
* (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) copiously, in a great and unmeasured quantity
    Después al pastel le echamos azúcar galán, sin pensar que ya tenía suficiente.Afterwards, we added sugar to the cake copiously, without thinking it already had enough.
* (colloquial, El Salvador) without worries, enjoying it (said of an enviable situation)
    Ese trabajo es fácil: él se la pasa galán todos los días.That job is very easy: every day he lets time pass by without worries, enjoying it.
    Tengo todo planeado para que tengamos una mañana galán.I've got everything planned out so we can have a nice worry-free morning.

#### Related terms

* galante

### Further reading

* “galán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* nalga